Closed Beta That Only I Played Chapter 299 - Delay (3)

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299 Erosion (1)

At that mont, my father asked, "When did you feel it first?"

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"Well, I don't know exactly. Maybe yesterday? I just felt sothing strange and uncomfortable. That's why I tried accessing the ga with my sister at the sa ti to investigate."

"Then, did you feel anything strange in the past?"

When he said that, I traced back my mories for a mont, but nothing strange ca to mind.

I didn't et anyone in particular. I just acquired the 'Ice Punishnt' skill at Kotum Castle, then went straight to the Land of Titan to hunt. That's all I could rember. There was nothing strange.

"Nope."

"Hmm..."

My father groaned at my denial, and a heavy silence fell in the small eting room.

Then my father looked at Director Sok and said, "Investigate all the players of the Myongjin Guild, not just the 20,000 players you ntioned previously. Ask the Mirae Guild or the Tugal Guild of Mongolia if there is anybody who is experiencing the sa thing as Juyoung. Don't ntion his na, though."

"Yes sir!"

This was my first ti experiencing this kind of strange phenonon.

Anyway, we put our heads together to try to tackle the problem, but we had no ideas. All we could do was to try and find out if there was any other player like .

The next day.

"35 minutes and 17 seconds."

I frowned slightly when my sister who logged in with ntioned my delayed access. As a matter of fact, the delay was increasing each day.

But unlike logging in, I could log out imdiately with no delay.

The only problem was the ti it took to log in, which increased gradually.

"Whew…"

When I heard her confirming my delay again, I just let out a sigh.

I wish I could know the reason, but I was told that nobody in the Mirae or Tugal Guild had experienced the sa problem. They rather asked us who was experiencing this problem.

Of course, we simply told them that one of the Myongjin Guild mbers was experiencing it without explicitly naming .

At that mont, my sister said with an anxious expression, "How about announcing it to all the guilds around the world? So of them might know what is happening."

But I shook my head because revealing it to others would not be a good idea. Besides, it involved , not so random other player.

She frowned, but after conversing with her briefly, I left to the level 1500 hunting ground Land of Titan.

How about my current situation?

Of course, I racked my brain trying to find out the reason this could have happened all day long yesterday.

Not only I, but also my family mbers, Director Sok and the people of the Strategy Departnt of the Myongjin Guild tried to find any clue to my persistent delay in access, but they failed.

At the end of the day, I got sick and tired of thinking about it, and I beca really upset as to why this kind of thing was happening to alone. If there was such a thing as an administrator in this ga, I wanted to run and grab him by the collar and complain. But this was impossible, of course.

So I decided to hunt as usual because I didn't know the reason.

I also wanted to know how long this kind of delay would continue.

At the level 1500 hunting ground Land of Titan.

"Ice Field!"

Pasasasak!

"Blizzard! Ice Tornado!"

Puck! Puck! Puck!

[Kheeeeeeek!]

[Khuuuuuuk!]

"Ice Punishnt! Pouring Hail! I'm going to kill you!"

I didn't have to use Ice Punishnt or Pouring Hail, but I kept using them, plus all my other skills.

Nonetheless, I couldn't get rid of the frustration and irritation caused by the continuous delay in accessing the ga.

So I hunted more ferociously. I kept hunting like that until the next day.

Three days later.

"4 hours 58 minutes and 31 seconds. As ti goes on, the delay in access is increasing rapidly."

It took almost five hours now, which ant I would now lose five hours compared to others.

Tomorrow, considering the rate of increase, it could take six hours or even eight hours.

"…"

"…"

That's why there was a heavy silence in the conference room.

If this phenonon continued, it would eventually take more than a day to log in, and at so point, I would not be able to access the ga at all.

Then Director Sok opened his mouth to break the heavy silence.

"I started investigating from the point the Level 1200 regular quest started. And I examined carefully Juyoung's activities by the second, not by the minute or hour."

Of course, I ntioned my activities over and over again to everyone in the Strategy Departnt, including its head, Director Sok. Just in case I might have missed sothing, I told them repeatedly, but the Strategy Departnt had not co up with any specific conclusion until now.

Actually, they had not ntioned anything at all because there was nothing strange about my activities even from my own eyes.

But this ti, Director Sok ntioned sothing significant, as if he had found so clues.

"The Strategy Departnt concluded that the most probable source of your delay is from Kotum Castle. Because there were quite a lot of users in Kotum Castle, I heard you bumped into them while you were moving to the central plaza to acquire skills. Of course, that's not anything unusual, but we could not find any other clue to explain this phenonon ."

As soon as he said that, my father asked, "Then, is the culprit sobody who bumped into Juyoung?"

"Yes, that's what we concluded. Other than that, we could not find anything suspicious."

"What about bugs or errors in this Revival Legend?"

"We also examined that possibility, but we ruled it out. If that was the cause of his delay, then there is nothing we can do on our part. Of course, even if this was the case, we would not have been able to find any clues anyway. I'm sorry we can't help you more, Chairman and Juyoung."

"…"

"…"

"…"

When Director Sok finished his presentation, no one including said anything.

Even if what he said was true, that incident at Kotum Castle happened a week ago. Besides, there were so many users at that ti that it was impossible for to pinpoint any particular person among them.

Even if I could, there was no possibility that the man would easily reveal himself.

Anyway, we ended the eting on that day with a heavy heart.

Two days later.

"19 hours 48 minutes 37 seconds."

"Wow!"

My sister exclaid sarcastically at the extraordinary delay this ti.

Without hiding my embarrassnt, I said jokingly, "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow it might take more than 24 hours for to log in! Lol! What a ga! How can I log in after 24 hours? Revival Legend really is a terrific ga!"

"…"

But my sister didn't laugh as if she thought my joke was not funny at all.

She only made a frustrated expression.

I passed by her and headed to the level 1500 hunting ground Land of Titan.

Other than this place, tThere was no other hunting ground where I could hunt.

Of course, I visited one hunting ground in between, naly, Kotum Castle, which the Strategy Departnt guys, including Director Sok, singled out as the most likely source of my delay.